Without Education I Wouldn’t Have Become Nigeria’s First Lady – Mrs Patience Jonathan

Nigeria’s First
Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has advised Nigerian youths not to undermine the
importance of education, saying without education, she would not have BECOME
the first lady of the country.

Speaking at a
rally of the women wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akure, the
Ondo State capital Tuesday [Mar. 24], the First Lady accused the presidential
candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari
(rtd), of “not carrying the women along” when he was head of state – unlike
President Goodluck Jonathan “who has empowered women.”

According to an
online news medium, TheCable, Mrs Jonathan added: “Majority of the people of
Ondo are educated and I believe you know the importance of education because
without education there is no future,” she said.

“Our children
are our hope and that’s why Jonathan said the children should be made to be the
leaders of today. We should thank God for the administration of Goodluck and
the PDP.

“If somebody is
talking and you are not educated, can you be there? If Hilary Clinton is
talking and you are not educated, can you be there? As Mimiko (governor of
Ondo) is there, without education can he be there? As I am standing before you,
if I am not educated, will they CHOOSE me?